Social Web Cloud

USAGE INSTRUCTIONS

1. Searching for Feeds

   This feature of the software makes the following external connections during usage: During search, the app connects to Social Web Cloud's search API endpoint: - the app sends the search term that was typed by the user to the search API - the search endpoint URL is http://socialweb.cloud/handleSearch 

a) on the bottom of the screen find the magnifying glass and click to open the Search tab

b) search for a domain name such as "nytimes.com"

c) search for a domain name with keywords "reddit.com dadjokes"

d) search for mastodon with "mastodon.world meredith whittaker"

e) search for bluesky with "bsky.app gabrielle union"

f) click the slider switch to add a new feed subscription

g) make a subscription at www.Rss.app  to follow users from X, Instagram and Threads

2. Manage Feed Subscriptions

   This feature of the software makes the following external connections during usage: During the paste feed or page link step: - the app connects to the pasted feed or page link URL to find RSS feeds in the XML

a) click on the disclosure triangle at the top left corner of the screen to open the sidebar

b) in the sidebar click on "Feeds" to open the RSS feed sources dialog

c) paste a link to a web page to search for feeds on that page

d) paste a link to a RSS feed to follow the feed

e) unsubscribe from feeds by clicking the Remove button

3. Add Muted Words

a) click on the disclosure triangle at the top left corner of the screen to open the sidebar

b) in the sidebar click on "Muted" to open the Muted words dialog

c) type a word and click "Save word" to filter out that word from your news feed

d) remove muted words by clicking the Remove button

4. Creating a Feed

   This feature of the software makes the following external connections during usage: During the create-feed step - the app connects to Sendgrid or to Social Web Cloud's send-notification-email endpoint (default) - the Social Web Cloud send-notification-email endpoint URL is http://hendo.pythonanywhere.com/sendo  - to switch to Sendgrid sending, add your own API key in the config.py file, and then run "service socialweb restart"

a) on the bottom of the screen find the Pen icon and click to open the Compose tab

b) type in the email address of a friend to share the feed with

c) (optional) upload an image

d) write a message and click Send to create a feed and send an email notification with an auto-login link

5. Creating a Feed Post

   This feature of the software makes the following external connections during usage: When any user creates a new post in a message feed/group: - the app sometimes connects to the Sendgrid API or to Social Web Cloud's send-notification-email endpoint

a) on the top of the screen click on the Groups tab

b) on one of your groups in the list, click the right-caret button [ > ]

c) (optional) upload an image

d) write a message and click Send to create a post

6. Managing a Feed

a) on the top of the screen click on the Groups tab

b) on one of your groups in the list, click the More button [...]

c) add friends by entering an email address to add to the feed and click the Add button

d) remove friends by clicking the Remove button

e) click Intelligence to add a LLM (API endpoint, key and handle name) to the feed

f) send a message to the LLM by name "@chatgpt4 what are three funny names for a silly warbler bird?"

7 ) Nightly Update

This feature of the software makes the following external connections during usage: - the app connects to the Sendgrid API or to Social Web Cloud's send-notification-email endpoint